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T. F. GONKLIN.

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No. 241,191. Patented May 1o, 1881.

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IINTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

THEODORE F. CONKLIN, OF FOND DU LAO, VISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE' HALF TOAUGUSTUS G. RUGGLES,

OF SAME PLAGE.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,191, dated May 10,18.81. Application filed February 8, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, THEoDoRE F. CONKLIN, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Faucet, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in faucets in which a bored cork orother impervious elastic substance is made the tube or cylinder throughwhich the gate or valve passes;

1o and the objects are to apply the impervious and elastic qualities ofcork or other similar substance to the uses ot' a fluid-tight faucet ina novel, simple, and cheap forni and manner. I attain these objects bythe mechanism illus- I5 trated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l is a sectional elevation view of my invention 5 Fig. 2,pla-n views of the parts; Fig. 3, plan views ot' parts in equivalentforms.

2o Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A common faucet-tube with discharge-spout y .e is perforatedtransversely at B a short distance back of the spout. This perforationis made much larger than the i'aucetbore y.

A cork, B, or plug of other elastic and fluidimpervious material, ot'size and shape to very tightly lill the hole B, is trst clovenlengthwise in two parts, either equal and uniform,

3o or in wedge or angular shape, as shown by lines lettered o o indrawings. These parts are then placed together as before cleavage, andthe cork driven or pressed into and filling tightly the perforation B.The faucetbore y 3 5 is then produced through the cork b.

The gate or valve is made of a thin smooth plate of metal, A, of theWidth and shape of the split or cleft in the cork, but long enough toprotrude at the bottom, and is provided 4o with the hole a, of the shapeand size of the cork-bore b, and in such place as Wh en Jthe gate isshut it is below the bore b, and when the gate is raised the hole a Willmatch and open the bore b. This gate is inserted and pressed downthrough the split or cleft o, and the lower edge bent into a slightijange, f, to catch and prevent its drawing out farther than to allowthe hole a to meet with and open the bore b. This gate acts as a wedgeand further compresses the tightly-titting'cork in cavity B', 5o andwhen shut forms with the cork an impervious stopper of fluid; but theelasticity ofthe cork admits of an easy sliding ot' the gate in and out,to open or to close the faucet-bore y I) and spout z.

I prefer an angular cleavage of the cork and corresponding shape ot' thegate, as shown in Fig. 3, because ofthe larger surface and greaterstitl'ness obtained thereby.

I am aware that cork and impervious elastic 6o materials are in commonuse in faucets, and do not make the broad claim for their use; but

I claim as my inventionl. In combination with a faucet-body, a sectionof cork or other elastic impervious material compressed therein and agate or spigot adapted to open or close the bore of the faucet by itsadjustment Within a slit formed in the section of cork, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with afaucetbody of wood or metal provided with thetube y z, the slit and bored section ot' cork 15 or other elasticimpervious material adapted to be compressed into the aperture B ot'said faucet-body, and 75 the gate or spigot A, having bore t and ilangej', substantially as and for the purposes described.

THEODORE F. CONKLIN. Witnesses:

H. C. MOORE, WM. D. CONKLTN.

